My Column

Well, I write a lot. All the time when I am not writing I think of writing. Everything around me inspires. Does it qualify me as a writer? Truly, I don’t care. This is something I do for my own good. I have to pen down my thoughts. And where else then blogger.com could be the best platform.  I do have my limitations. I often reach to the dead end when I just can’t write a single word. But the urge chases me so much so that I even end up writing about it. When I am at work, I often listen to the grand discussions of my office colleagues during the lunch hour. I associate them with fictional characters and start writing on it once I reach back home. Well, that’s really a good practice I believe. I observe people, learn and understand what they are saying. Now I could even gauge a person thought process from his or her facial expressions or body language. Following this I easily sketch a character and develop a story around it. Like a close friend once said to me – you n...

In a split second it was gone. I realized I was helpless. It’s like someone dying in front of you & you just can’t do anything about it. Yes, it’s exactly the same feeling when I had lost my first job. Sudden failure is like a crash in the heaven. With that sudden news I was too shattered to deal with it. But eventually I got over it. How that’s the big question? Years later I understood it was not the intervention of an extra terrestrial phenomena or a divine power that helped me to get through it. It was my inner spirit that had motivated to get over it. I was too tired to be unhappy for long. So one fine morning I called it off, I said to myself- enough is enough, now go shopping. It’s not that I was broke after losing the job. But about two and half years I got close to my colleagues so much so that it was becoming too tough to digest the harsh reality. My parents were always there to support. But what good can it be if you don’t want to fight back for yourself. The...

I had known him for only few days. Even then I can say that he is a wonderful person. I still remember our first meet. It was for my next film project that I had called him and others. As he entered the CAFÉ, I saw an ordinary man walking through the door. But within 15mins he opened up and spoke on different issues and information he shared mostly meant to inspire the new director of the town i.e., Me. I decided on the spot to watch his serials out of curiosity. He was popularly known as funny man because of his role of Raja in RAJA GAJA – The Bengali Serial. But his role in TUMI ROBE NIROBE is poles apart. This is almost seven years since his performance in the previous serial. I realized that he had evolved tremendously as an actor. Kolkata could witness a new talent emerging each day. The role he portrays in TUMI ROBE NIROBE is of a shrewd extrovert Uncle, whose prime intention is to harm the family and rip benefit out of it. And Wow, it’s just breathtaking how he portray...